Combined corset and brassiere



Jul 1, 1924,

D. K. WOLF COMBINED CORSET AND BRASSIERE Filpd Oct. 1s 92 Patented July 1, 192%.

COMBINED CORSET AND BRASSIERE.

Application filed October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,756.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DAISY KJWOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Corsets and Brassieres, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to womens wearing apparel, and specifically to a combined corset and brassiere of form-fitting and formconfining type, an object thereof being to produce a garment which is adjustable and which will remain in adjusted position while in use; another object is to provide a stiffened or boned portion at one part of the garment only, by means of which the abdomen is supported and held flat, thus rendering the garment particularly desirable for stout or fleshy wearers. Other objects will appear from the description hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which;

Fig.1 is a perspective view of my new combined corset and brassiere showing the application of the invention.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show various embodiments of the invention.

Referring to said figures, 5 represents a combined corset and brassiere, which may be provided with the shoulder straps 6 and the hose supporters 7. The front portion of the garment extends substantially from the upper bust line down over the abdominal,

or even over the pelvic region of the body. The garment is ordinarily intended to be closed down the back thereof, the longitudinal extent of which may be approximately the same as that of the front, but is not illustrated on the drawing as no part of the invention is applied thereto.

My invention consists in providing the combined corset and brassiere with a stiffened or boned area at the approximate centre of the lower front part thereof, that is, at the portion covering the abdominal or pelvic region, such reinforcing area comprising and being formed by the stiffening elements or bones 9, which extend substantially longitudinally or in slightly oblique direction, with the intermediate bones 9 (Fig. 4), the central of which may be slightly longer than the others; or with the bones 11 and 12 (Figs. 1 and 2) provided respectively With the usual eyes and hooks; or with the bones 18 (Fig. 3) provided with As shown on the drawing, the stiffened area may be divided approximately atthe centre by a vertical cleft or opening .14 extending from the lowermost edge of the front of the garment upwardly for a portion of the length thereof, and terminating as at 1 1 (Fig. 2), this being the preferred form of construction.

The opening or cleft 14 may be closed by any of theusual closure means, such as hooks and eyes, laces, or the like, as shown and described above. In practical embodiments of my invention I find it of advantage to extend the upper terminal of the opening or cleft 14. at right angles, as at 15 and 16, which gives additional material and space for attaching the bones 11, 12 or 13, and provides greater mobility for these elements.

The strap 17, for adjusting the upper part of the garment over the busts, may be attached near the terminal 14* of the openin or cleft 14 (Fig. 3), or at a similar point 0 any other form of construction; and this strap 17 may terminate, for example, in a hook 18 for engaging the laces 20 of the closure illustrated on Fig. 3, and a slotted opening 19 for engaging the hooks 21 passed through the eyes 22, as shown on Figs. 1 and 2.

Although the invention is shown in combination with a combined corset and brassiere which closes up the back, it may also be used with a front laced or hooked garment, in which case the opening 14 would extend from the uppermost to the lowermost limits thereof, and the upper portion, being pliant or unboned, and provided with closure means separate or different from that of the boned area.

The invention is not limited to the number of elements illustrated and described nor to any specific constructional details or materials. Any desired number of bones or stiffening elements may be used, and they may extend in substantially any direction; or instead thereof, use may be made of any suitable arrangement of other types of reinforcing elements, such for example as a woven metal or other fabric, having sufficient rigidity to achieve the purpose in view.

Having described my invention, what I claimis:

1. A corset brassierehaying a boned area extending over a portion only of the lower front part thereof, the portions of the garment surrounding said boned area being unstiffened.

2. A corset brassiere having a boned area extending over a portion only of the lower front part thereof, the portions of the garment surrounding said boned area being unstiffened, a cleftvextending from the lower limit of the garment upwardly through the boned area only, diriding said boned area into two sections. said sections being limited with substantially rigid inter-attaching closure means.

3. A corset brassiere having a boned. area extending over a portion only of the lower front part thereof, the portions of the garment surrounding said boned area being unstiffened, a cleft extending from the lower limit of the garment upwardly through the boned area only, a cleft extending transversely of the upper limit of said boned area and forming the terminal of said upwardly extending cleft.

4. A corset brassiere having a boned area extending over a portion only of the lower front part thereof, the portions of the garment surrounding said boned area being uns iffened, a cleft extending upwardly from approximately the lower front limit of the garment for a portion of its length and terminating at the upper limit of the boned area.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DAISY K. WOLF. 

